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In your editorial questioning the need for the proposed Illiana expressway, you indicated that the project “would create only a few thousand jobs, most of them temporary” (“Make it official: Kill the Illiana,” March 9). Yet that statement also applies to the Keystone XL pipeline project, which you wholeheartedly endorse. It seems to be par for the course; the editorial board supporting any private sector initiatives, regardless of potential baggage or negative impact, while systematically disparaging any public sector project, regardless of potential benefits. — Charles Waterman, Darien

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